My Exact Opposite | Jachary AU

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1 week later.....

I wake up to the sound of my alarm and groan, getting out of my comfortable bed. I head downstairs and remember the plan, slowly eating my breakfast as the pieces slowly click in place.

I really wanna follow through with the plan, so I hurry up and get my ass out the door and knock on Jonah's once I see Corbyn leave his house.

"Zach, I'm right here, chill." Jonah says.

"Also, I need to practice shadow traveling so I don't get tired." Jonah nods. A few seconds later, we're in front of the school, and I stagger a bit before I regain my footing and yawn. Jonah puts his hands on my shoulders and I feel better instantly.

"Hey, you're getting better!" Daniel congratulates me once we make our way over to him.

"Thanks!" I smile. Suddenly, I'm shoved to the side by a girl.

A girl who's holding hands with Jack.

"Getting better at what? Being a fag?" Jack snorts. I know my eyes show hurt, and regret crosses Jack's face for a second before he masks it.

"Leave me alone." I mumble, giving a sideways look to the boys. They look sad, but Jonah nods.

I start to get up but then I'm pushed down again.

"You're not going anywhere, fag." The girl says, then looks at Jack. He looks hesitant, so I decide to goad both of them into doing it.

"Do you really need a guy to fight all your battles for you?" I say. The girl looks murderous.

"Jack, go ahead. Punch me. I'm right here, laying on the ground, vulnerable." Jack looks scared for a second, but then looks at the girl, who nods. Suddenly, pain is blossoming in my right eye. I hear Jack mumble what sounds like 'I'm sorry' before he starts punching me everywhere. I don't do anything but try to get up, and I do. Even I'm surprised.

Until I'm knocked back down again by the girl, and I'm on my back and then Jack comes and starts beating me everywhere. When I can't take it anymore, I shadow travel to the football field, where Jonah and the guys said they'd meet me. I'm goraning, why does the pain have to hurt so much? I start yelling and shouting curse words, because I'm not gonna cry, I can't cry, I can't give in to the pain.

"MOTHERF**K!" I scream just as Jonah and the guys hurry over to me.

"SHIT!" I scream again.

"First of all, wash your mouth out!" Corbyn says, rolling his eyes.

"Second of all, stay still." Jonah places his hand on my forehead, and I feel less tired. Then he takes my shirt off to inspect if there was any serious damage. He presses down on a rib and I yell. Jonah looks worried.

"Dude, you have a bruised rib. It's kinda bad...." The boys bite their lip.

"Don't worry about it, if anyth-" I see Jack standing at the corner of the field. He starts walking towards me.

"Guys, grab onto me NOW!" I say, and they do. A second later, we're in front of the school.

"I can't deal with him right now." I yawn. Jonah places a hand on my shoulder and I'm suddenly not that tired anymore.

"Hey, can you stand up?" I do, but I wince.

"Jo, it hurts to breathe. Can you like, moderately fix it?" I ask, but Jonah shakes his head.

"Can't do anything partially, buddy. I'm sorry." I flinch because my left side is painful.

"It's ok, Jo." Then I see a curly-haired head in the distance.

"Guys, grab onto me again." We appear again inside my house.

"Can you put me on the couch?" They comply, and it feels a lot more comfortable than the ground. Just then, I hear a knock at my door.

"Who is it?" Jonah asks, annoyed.

"The devil himself." Daniel says from the doorway.

"Open the door, but stand in it like you did when you first saw me." I instruct.

"Okay." Daniel says, then opens the door. All of my rage comes and I blow up.

"AVERY, LEAVE ME THE EFF ALONE! JUST GET LOST! I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU WERE NICE, BUT CLEARLY I WAS WRONG IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR EFFING REPUTATION MORE THAN YOU CARE ABOUT AN ACTUAL, HUMAN BEING!" Daniel closes the door, and all the guys are looking at me, appalled. The knocking starts again.

"Guys, let's go to Jonah's house. Ready?" They all nod. Suddenly, we're in Jonah's place, and Jonah places a hand on my shoulder, making the fatigue go away.

"Dude, how did he know where we were?" Corbyn asks.

"Man, I don't know. Don't give a - EFF YOU AVERY!" I scream once I hear knocking on Jonah's door.

"You know what? Screw it. Hold on to me guys. It'll be an hour 'till he gets there if he wants to play this game. Close your eyes!" I say, and in a second we're at a quiet park.

"Holy crap, Zach. This shadow travel thing is hella useful. Now tell us why you're running from Avery." Daniel says.

"I don't know! I'm just so angry at him even though I agreed to do it." I wince when I try to take a deep breath.

"And then that girl, who was she? I swear I saw him with a different girl a week ago!!" I reach up to run my hands through my hair, but then I flinch because of my rib.

"Gabbie Gonzales." Corbyn says, and I nod.

"There's Mr. Player for ya." Jonah chuckles.

"God, I just wish that I - HOW THE HELL ARE YOU HERE?!" I scream. Jack's here somehow, and he walks towards us slowly as if approaching a wild animal. All the boys grab onto me without me asking and we end up in the at the ice cream place, an hour and a half drive.

"You think they have ice here?" Jonah goes up to ask the lady if they have any ice. The lady nods and says something, and then Jonah gestures at me. I wave. A few minutes later, Jonah comes back with two bags of ice.

"Here you go, Zach. What period is gym?" Jonah asks.

"Last." I groan and sit up, then put one bag of ice on my eye, and the other on my rib.

"Hey, what are we gonna tell the principal?" Corbyn says suddenly.

"Um, the truth?" Daniel says in a 'duh' tone.

"Nah, you know what he would do to us." Jonah says. We all shudder.

"We'll tell them that I fell down and thought I broke my rib, and all of you guys didn't wanna leave me." All the guys nod at this.

"Ready?" They all nod again. Once we're back at school, we explain to the secretary and she just shoots me a sympathetic look, accepts our story, and then we all head to 5th period.

"Zach, your shirt's not on." Daniel says.

"Oh, yeah. Here you go." Jonah says, handing me my shirt.

"Oh, thanks. You ready Dani?" I ask while putting on my shirt?

"Yeah. See you guys after." Dani says, then opens the door. I cast one look back at Jonah and Corbyn, then go take my seat next to Jack. He opens his mouth like he wants to say something but then decides against it.

"Just get to work, and don't effing talk to me." I mumble under my breath. Jack nods, and we don't talk for the entire period.

Kinda speechless....oh, well. 

The boys are coming on the first day of school, so I can't go to their show..... :|

ANYWAY, comment for ideas pleaseeee